Tips & Tricks to Speed up Your PC

Speeding up your PC

Thanks to improved technology over the years, computer hardware has improved greatly offering users with fast processing speeds, therefore, ensuring a better experience. Software too has not been left behind either, and operating systems have become more efficient and high performing too.

Microsoft, Apple, and even Linux developers have ensured that users can run their operating systems fast and efficiently. After months of use, the user will notice their laptop or computer performance declining.

One option of improving performance, especially on Windows computers, is turning off features like visual animations as this compromises your experience.

Below is how to speed up your PC – tips & tricks you need to know about.

Defragment your storage disks

When you store files on your computer, they are saved on the computer’s hard drive. The hard disk can either be solid state drives or HDD. Regardless of this, each storage capacity allocates blocks where data and information are stored.
When you delete files, blocks are left empty therefore making the reading of the storage device longer. This slows the performance of your computer. To speed up your computer, you need to defragment the disks. You can use the inbuilt Windows defrag tool, or you can opt for an open source solution like UltraDefrag.

Scan for malware and viruses

The internet has become a hub of web platforms that allow people to communicate from around the world via video call, chat system, and other messaging systems. When browsing the internet, many people will opt to download files be it software, photos, movies or even documents.
What many people don’t know is that the files may be loaded with malware and viruses. Malware and viruses are malicious programs that attack your computer to steal data or even destroy it. When they infect your computer, they slow its performance. To speed up, you need to scan your computer regularly. Use antivirus programs such as Avira Antivirus.

Limit start up programs

When your operating system boots up, some programs will start up. These programs usually run in the background and therefore slow the boot time. If you have a high number of start up programs, they will considerably slow the performance of your computer.

To limit start up programs, you can very easily disable them. On Windows, select start, type msconfig in the search bar, open the program, click start up the tab, deselect all programs you don’t want to run during start up, click apply and restart your computer. This will improve your computers boot time.

Uninstall unwanted programs

When you purchase a computer, it comes loaded with different applications with a lot of these being trial versions. Overtime, you will install new software that you will use for manipulating photos, editing documents, developing applications and video editing among others. Apart from that, you will also install games for playing.

As time goes by, you will not use the majority of these programs. When the programs stay on your computer, not only will they occupy much-needed storage space but they will slow your computer. To improve your computer’s performance, you need to uninstall unwanted programs. On windows, this is very easy to do. Simply click start, go to control panel and then select Programs & features.

Remove unnecessary toolbars

When you download and install games, the application set-up will ask you to install a certain toolbar. While the toolbar may provide various shortcuts to websites, what you need to know is that they affect your computer’s performance. Since they appear at the top of your web browser, they will reduce your browsing speed making page loading times longer.
To improve your computer’s performance, you need to remove the tool bars. Only leave toolbars that come default with the browser.

Remove bloatware

Brand new computers usually come pre loaded with unnecessary programs known as bloatware. Since you will be installing more programs over the use of the PC, it will slow the computer’s performance considerably.
The first thing you need to do is to identify the bloatware. Once you have identified them, uninstall them, and your computer’s performance will improve greatly.

We hope this gives you some useful information on speeding up your PC.

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